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The full frame presentation complete with unnecessary black sidebars for. The film is an adaptation of the 1924 novel of the same name by edgar wallace. Franco fridays continues with a look at jess francos the sinister eyes of dr. A remake of a film i havent seen, sinister eyes of doctor orloff feels less like a jess franco film and more like a watered down, sleazeless version of blood. Possibly franco was once more hoping for a more commercial outing here. Clouzot and lang are namechecked and visual and thematic references are made to doctors caligari and frankenstein. Produced by jess francos own manocoa film company, the sinister eyes of dr. Another element that separates this from many other such films from this time is dialogue. Its almost devoid of the classic jess franco sleaze, but the over the top plot and story make everything balance out well. All i can tell you is the way he worked, which was very impressive indeed. Full movie, gregory peck, english free full western. Amid the craggy, dusty hills of southern france or is it northern spain.

But one title most franco fans havent seen to place on either list is 1973. A christmastime, lightly gothic horror film full of low key lighting, low angles, and low women. Not just within the movies themselves, but the atmosphere without the movies, too. Gorgeous melissa comfort mona proust, a wealthy heiress confined to a wheelchair since birth, cries out in her nightmares, terrified of a. Running from a man who may or may not be her father. Dorado films delves deep into the expansive filmography of jess franco for their first bluray double feature jess francos forgotten films showcasing infrequent franco muse. Sinister eyes of dr orloff full sub dol dvd region 1. The film source is a french version said to be uncut. For this reason im giving it 4 stars, though its probably only deserving 3. William berger, edmund purdom, lina romay, mona proust, loreta tovar, kali hansa. Qualifizierte bestellungen werden kostenlos geliefert. The sinister eyes of doctor orloffbluray the grindhouse.

The sinister eyes of doctor orloff the grindhouse cinema. No quotes approved yet for the sinister eyes of dr. Director jess franco inaugurated the character of dr. A doctor unleashes a nightmare of hypnosis curtailing mad violence on the family of a crippled young woman. Orloff dvd 2011 jess franco t3 at the best online prices at. Orlof, and trotted him out every few years usually played by the marvelous howard vernon in a string of odd, mostly unrelated films, climaxing with the weird greatest hits package of revenge in the. Its gorgeous, atmospheric, tragic, and contains an amazing performance by a man who looks like he has. The sinister eyes of doctor orloff 1973 jess franco. The sinister eyes of doctor orloff from the grindhouse cinema database. Sinister eyes of dr orloff dvd jess franco intervision. Mabuse, whom the notorious spanish filmmaker eventually got to grips with himself. Orloff 1973 01011973 es horror, drama 1h 21m user score. Orloff sometimes spelled orlof who wants to repair his disfigured daughters face with skin grafts from other women with the aid of a slavish, blind henchman named morpho.

Orloff is a film directed by jesus franco with william berger, montserrat prous, edmund purdom, loretta tovar, year. With over 200 films to his resume, jess franco certainly has enough films to devise a few best ofs and worst ofs. Orlof marks the midpoint of cinematic horror in the 20th century, looking back to such cobblestone classics as dr. The third film the first two being the sinister eyes of dr. Gorgeous melissa comfort mona proust, a wealthy heiress confined to a wheelchair since birth, cries out in her nightmares, terrified of a dream that comes night after night. The sinister eyes of doctor orloffbluray from the grindhouse cinema database complete tally. Orloff or orlof, as he was originally named in his first horror film, the awful dr. The sinister eyes of dr orloff represents a restrained step back from all that, to a large extent. Its good but definitely not essential for franco fans but theres a whipping scene if youre into that kind of thing. Orloff is easily one of the most obscure entries of the orloff.

At the 2009 goya awards spains equivalent of the oscars writerdirector jess franco received a lifetime achievement award for his 50year career that includes such immortal classics as vampyros lesbos, bloody moon and his infamous dr. Orloffs invisible monster 1970 author admin date april 23, 2016 apparently, the orloff name was strong and universal enough to be dealt with by hands other than jess francos, who created him like, say, dr. The woman, who is a cripple, keeps suffering from a nightmare dealing with her father and she believes that orloff is trying to help her but he has some dark secrets of his own. As a film, its complete and distinctly franco at his finest, storywise. Whereas in the past, huge swathes of running time would pass with barely a single. Orloff offers a subtle murder mystery ride that stays close to its 1973 style of old school delivery. Part of a blu ray double feature from dorado films. Orlof, a former prison doctor, abducts beautiful women from nightclubs and tries to use their skin to repair his daughters firescarred face. Intervision presents this fullframe transfer unnecessarily in a 16. Orloff who commits a series of murders for insurance money, while periodically disguising himself as the blind manager of a charity to. Orloff by severin films on 02082011 at the 2009 goya awards spains equivalent of the oscars writerdirector jess franco received a lifetime achievement award for his 50year career that includes such immortal classics as vampyros lesbos, bloody moon and his infamous dr. Hyde 1931 and the lodger 1944 and ahead toward david cronenbergs body horror films and the psychosurgical excesses of the human centipede 2009. The packaging really pushes the sleaze angle hard, which does the film a bit of. Orloff dvd 2011 jess franco t3 at the best online prices at ebay.

Incredibly prolific spanish filmmaker jesus jess franco has a devoted following, but the uninitiated might be puzzled as to why after watching the sinister eyes of dr. Orloff glare into melissas very soul as his soothing voice drones on and on. Horror dr orloffs invisible horror sinister cinema. Orloff is a unique film that is as interesting as it is absurd. I think the movie will offer more to fans of the director than as a actual horror piece although it does embellish a certain charm that is hard to find in films of today. Orloff is a wonderful overdose of mad science, off kilter dialog, and jiggling boobies and other body parts.